Disclosed is a method of efficient testing by selective UI interaction, through test script sections including setup, execution and verification, applied to an AUT that operates in both API mode and UI)mode, including providing a test environment that, when testing the UI mode of the AUT, defaults to ignoring the UI mode during setup and supplying setup values stored in a file directly to an API without rendering or interacting with UI elements in the setup section of the script. The method includes encountering an override directive in the setup section of the test script, which mandates interaction with a specified UI element in the setup section, and responsive to the directive, overriding of the default of ignoring the specified UI element in the setup section, rendering the specified UI element, and applying a bot to interact with and supply setup values from the file to the specified UI element.
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2. The method of claim 1, wherein a test script parser component of the test environment performs the encountering of the override directive, the overriding of the default and the rendering of the specified UI element.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein a single test script used in the test environment for a particular test supports both the API mode and the UI mode for execution, and the method further includes controlling a choice of an operating mode via configuration.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the setup includes programmatically setting up hardware to be used by the test script before running the execution section.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein ignoring UI directives during the setup is a best practice for replicability of test parameters used during the testing.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the setup values are maintained in a data structure accessed during the testing in both the API mode and the UI mode.
8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein a test script parser component of the test environment performs the encountering of the override directive, the overriding of the default and the rendering of the specified UI element.
9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein a single test script used in the test environment for a particular test supports both the API mode and the UI mode for execution, and the operations further comprise controlling a choice of an operating mode via configuration.
10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the setup includes programmatically setting up hardware to be used by the test script before running the execution section.
11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein ignoring UI directives during the setup is a best practice for replicability of test parameters used during the testing.
12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the setup values are maintained in a data structure accessed during the testing in both the API mode and the UI mode.
14. The system of claim 13, wherein a test script parser component of the test environment performs the encountering of the override directive, the overriding of the default and the rendering of the specified UI element.
15. The system of claim 13, wherein a single test script used in the test environment for a particular test supports both the API mode and the UI mode for execution, and the actions include controlling a choice of an operating mode via configuration.
16. The system of claim 13, wherein the setup includes programmatically setting up hardware to be used by the test script before running the execution section.
17. The system of claim 13, wherein ignoring UI directives during the setup is a best practice for replicability of test parameters used during the testing.
18. The system of claim 13, wherein the setup values are maintained in a data structure accessed during the testing in both the API mode and the UI mode.
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